ASTROPHYSICAL RESEARCH CONSORTIUM: Form 990, tax year 2020

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Organization
ASTROPHYSICAL RESEARCH CONSORTIUM (EIN 91-1265806)
Tax period
2020-01-01 to 2020-12-31
Filed
2021-11-14
IRS object ID
202113189349301111
Schema version
2020v4.1
Source
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ExplanationAstrophysical Research Consortium meets the facts and circumstances test of Treas. Reg 1.170A-9(f)(3). A high percentage of support comes from government institutions, specifically state universities. All the donors that make up the public support percentage of revenue are unrelated to ARC. The board of directors is composed of representatives from a number of higher educational institutions, many of them governmental, that represent broad interests in astrophysical research. ARC provides benefit to the general public, specifically, continuous educational outreach and the survey data. The survey data taken at the telescopes is released to the public twelve to twenty four months afterwards. The members and participants in the program are astronomers and professors in Astronomy and have special knowledge and expertise in that subject. Each project is a definitive program for accomplishing the charitable purpose of the organization. Funds received for each project may only be used for that particular project or a special item in that project, which are conditions of the contributions.ExplanationTxt

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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total ContributionsRESTRICTEDTotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Buildings BuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$90,223,381OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$77,221,964DepreciationAmt
Book Value$13,001,417BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$100,000OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$100,000DepreciationAmt
Book Value$0BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$13,001,417TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$6,988,453TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst-$42,402NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts$1,535,463DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Revenue Not Reported$1,493,061RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal$5,495,392RevenueSubtotalAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt$0RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990$5,495,392TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$11,025,703TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts$1,535,463DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Expenses Not Reported$1,535,463ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal$9,490,240ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt$0ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990$9,490,240TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp (18 entries)

RegionRegionTxtOfficesOfficesCntEmployeeEmployeeCntType Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxtSpecific Services ProvidedSpecificServicesProvidedTxtRegion Total ExpendituresRegionTotalExpendituresAmt
South America01Program servicesSupporting Andres' S4 work in Chile$7,190
South America02Program servicesTravel reimbursement$3,474
South America012Program servicesS4 LCO observer travel reimbursement$5,332
South America01Program servicesS4 EPO activity reimbursement$351
South America02Program servicesSupporting LCO telescope observer relocation due to Covid-19$5,452
South America01Program servicesSupport agreement for S4 Lead Observer at LCO$22,249
South America01Program servicesS4 LCO telescope observer operations expenses$79,700
South America01Program servicesAPOGEE instrument insurance at LCO$54,720
South America04Program servicesLVM Enclosure construction at LCO$19,328
East Asia and the Pacific01Program servicesSupport agreement for LVM fiber system$317,371
Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)04Program servicesTravel reimbursement$15,336
Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)01Program servicesVPH Gratings and LVM shipping fees from US (Kaiser and OSU) to France (Winlight)$3,711
Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)01Program servicesSupport agreement for Software infrastructure of the Black Hole Mapper (BHM)$123,313
Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)01Program servicesSupport agreement for production of robot positioners for telescope plates$447,443
Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)01Program servicesSupport agreement for Hardware and software development for the Local Volume Mapper (LVM)$89,677
Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)01Program servicesProduction of Optical spectrograph for telescopes$357,019
Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)01Program servicesSupport for SDSS-V project scientist work$31,785
North America01Program servicesProduction of FPS Optial Fiber/connectors and assemblies for telescopes$72,500
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Offices0SubtotalOfficesCnt
Subtotal Employees21SubtotalEmployeesCnt
Continuation Total Office0ContinuationTotalOfficeCnt
Continuation Total Employee16ContinuationTotalEmployeeCnt
Total Office0TotalOfficeCnt
Total Employee37TotalEmployeeCnt
Subtotal Spent$178,468SubtotalSpentAmt
Continuation Spent$1,477,483ContinuationSpentAmt
Total Spent$1,655,951TotalSpentAmt
Transfer To Foreign Corp0TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust0InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership0ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co0PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership0ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries0BoycottCountriesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Part I, line 3:THE MODIFIED CASH METHOD WAS USED IN ACCOUNTING FOR EXPENDITURES IN PART I.
Part III Accounting Method:

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Severance Payment0SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan0SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm0EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org0CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs0CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org0CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs0CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments0AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception0InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (2 entries)

TitleTitleTxtBase Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmtCompensation Based On Rltd OrgsCompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmtBonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmountBonus Related OrganizationsBonusRelatedOrganizationsAmtOther Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmtOther Compensation Rltd OrgsOtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmtDeferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmtDeferred Comp Rltd OrgsDeferredCompRltdOrgsAmtNontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmtNontaxable Benefits Rltd OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmtTotal Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmtTotal Compensation Rltd OrgsTotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmtComp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmtComp Report Prior990 Rltd OrgsCompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt
Alim Patten
Business Manager$77,499$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$77,499$0$0$0
Scott Anderson
Trustee$14,753$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$14,753$0$0$0

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferenceSCHEDULE J, PART I, #3 AND PART II:FormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationAlim Patten and Scott Anderson receive compensation for their work with Astrophysical Research Consortium (ARC) from the University of Washington (UW), an unrelated exempt organization. ARC reimburses UW for their compensation.ExplanationTxt

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Other Non Cash Contri Table OtherNonCashContriTableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Non Cash CheckboxYes (X)NonCashCheckboxInd
DescEQUIPMENTDesc
Contribution1ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990$200,992NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining RevenuesFMVMethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form8283 Received0Form8283ReceivedCnt
Any Property That Must Be Held0AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts0ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties Used0ThirdPartiesUsedInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferencePart I, Column (b):FormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationTHE NUMBER IN COLUMN B IS BASED UPON THE NUMBER OF CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED.ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (7 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part I, Line 6, Volunteers:The volunteers are board members and the Secretary/Treasurer.
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 6ARC is a consortium consisting of eight member universities in 2020.
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7aEach member of ARC has two representatives on the Board of Governors, who are appointed by the member institution's academic administration.
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7bMembers have approval rights in accordance with Title 24 of the Washington non-profit corporation act.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11bEach member of the Board of Governors is given a copy of the Form 990 prior to its submission.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12cAll Board members and officers of ARC are covered by a Conflict of Interest Policy. There are bi-annual reviews of the individual Conflict of Interest statements by the governance committee, which determines whether a conflict exists. All statements are kept on file. Board members are expected to disclose conflicts as they may arise on the honor system, with the oversight of the governance committee. If a conflict exists or arises during the course of the business, the governance committee investigates and determines any action to take in accordance with the policy. This may include a member being prohibited from participating in the deliberations and decisions with respect to the transaction.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19ARC makes governing documents available to the public upon request.

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